Customer Reviews

D-Link 24-Port Rackmountable Gigabit Switch DGS-1024D

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3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
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I just ordered one of these as part of a project to rack up and centralize my home network. Prior to this I had several switches in my basement daisy chained together. With this new D-Link switch I was able to rack this up with some nifty vertical rack arms and in conjunction with a 24 port patch panel and rack cable organizer get everything very nicely organized.

The Amazon description for this switch is out of date. The current version of the product indicates that with the latest power supply it is up to 73% more efficient than similar non green D-link switches. Also worth noting is that the face plate on my unit is a silver color, not the white appearing face plate in the product photos.

I connected this switch on my work bench with a Kill-A-Watt power meter and with nothing else connected this 24 port beast is sipping just 3 watts. With five gigabit devices it is using a miserly 7 watts. Even fully loaded, according to the specs this switch will not use more than about 19 watts. The switch has features that will throttle down power consumption based on device connection speed, cable distance and whether a port is active or not. All of this means that you can build out a very robust home network without leaving something running 24X7 that is consuming a lot of power.

I was close to ordering the competing Netgear product (JGS524) however the Netgear has two fans in it (noisy and prone to failure) where as this D-Link switch is fanless! This is a big deal, as the fan is often the component that will go out over the long term with a product like this... not to mention the noise you will experience if you are anywhere near the device. The Netgear does have a "lifetime" warranty (and better warranty support) where as the D-Link has a 5 year warranty. With no moving parts, and if hooked up to high quality surge suppression the D-Link box should last for a very long time without problems.

Performance with this switch is excellent, I get rocket fast transport between all of my devices. It's worth noting that this is an unmanaged switch so you cannot break your network up into VLANs or do cable diagnostics, etc, with this switch. For its purpose though of providing a super fast home or small office network it is offering a tremendous value. T

Highly recommend it!

I had to replace a Linksys that went south after only 4 months of service. Linksys wanted 5-7 days to replace the switch with no urgency to get my network back up unless I paid a hefty price for overnight shipping and then it would be at my office two days. I ordered the D-Link from Amazon, had my network back up the next morning with Amazon's super fast shipping.
The D-Link has been working perfectly and seems to run a little cooler and quieter then the Linksys.

I am using this switch in a small commercial setting with about 15 connected devices. This unit replaces our older D-Link 10/100 switch, which is still working after 6+ years. Absolutely no problems with the setup or use of the new switch - it runs very cool; the LED link lights and corresponding ports are easy to identify. Immediately noticed the increase in local network speed, as the connected equipment also supports Gigabit Ethernet. Highly recommend if you don't need a managed switch. I will point out that Amazon's photo for this unit is incorrect - the photo shown is that of an older unit. What ships is the DGS-1024D D-link "green" unit, which has a silver face, NOT charcoal color as pictured. Correct product is on D-Link's website here: [...]

this is a great 10/100/1000 switch for a small network, and it is priced very attractively!Some noise from the fan - but you get used to it quickly ;-)

I have a few larger switches in my office network. Prior to this unit, I had a Dell powerconnect 2516 that I think was often overheating and slowed way down during periods of heavy use or quit working for a while all together. I replaced it with this unit that seems way cooler to the touch and has had no problems with our network load at all. I would certainly recommend this unit.

I fairness to dell, I bought their gigabit switch around 2006 closer to when gigabit was new. I would imagine the ic's inside have been improved over the years to run cooler and more efficiently. My theory about older network switches over heating is correct I believe because I took the dell, cut a hole in it, installed a fan on the hole, and it too seems to work reliably now.

I bought this to replace a Netgear gigabit router which had a few dead ports after several years. No install issues, easy to see diagnostic lights for each port, since positioned aware from the wire ports. Self cooling with an internal fan -- fairly quiet but best placed in your wiring closet, for noise and also large power transformer. Very durable metal case. It delivers gigabit bandwidth as advertised. I have it paired with a wireless D-link router without compatibility issues. Recommended.

Works great no issues. A small amout of sound from the fan. I have been using this for the past 10 months and have no complaints, it has worked without any issues at all. I would definately recommend it!

I bought this to replace an older Dell gigabit switch, which has been making increasingly annoying whiny fan noises for years. To my delight, this new switch is completely silent (there is no fan) and runs cool even with a lot of network traffic and most of the ports active. The installation procedure was: (1) plug it in, (2) it works. If you are doing space planning, this is actually smaller than one rack unit wide, but has removable rack-width extensions on the sides so you can easily mount it on a standard equipment rack if you want to. Best of all, this unit is about half the price of competing name brand products. What's not to love?

I built a new home, and with everything in the entertainment center wanting a network port, decided to wire the house from the ground up. I ended up with 21 cat5e cables, and this is the switch that I decided to use.

I used the rack mounting brackets and secured the switch under the basement stairs, and plugged in my network cables before the cable company came with the modem.

The basic set up is cable modem to a wireless router in the middle floor, and using only one of the outputs from the router, connect back to the switch, and from this switch to everywhere else.

This switch was so easy, the cable company came and hooked up their modem, I plugged in the "modem to router" line that I had already run, and didn't have to do any configuration whatsoever. Didn't even put in the CD Rom that shipped with the switch. It worked right out of the box.

I have a 12 and 13 year old that X-Box and Computer simultaneously, while the 3 year old watches a streaming movie from netflix, and Directv is even hooked in to this switch for the whole home set up. I can't speak to reliability yet, but it is fast, silent, and breeze to hook up.

Bought my "Gigabit" Switch back in September 2008. It is a breeze to setup and just works. So, I give it 5-starts for Ease of Use and 5-stars for wokirng as expected. But it just died after 2 years 11 months. So, must give it only 2-stars for reliability.

Then again, it worked flawlesly for 3 years and for the price, I must say that I feel confortable recommending it.

For the replacement, I think I'll go with the TRENDnet TEG-S24Dg, just to see. It is fan-less and slient and it does has a 5-stars review, but only from 1 user.

I'll let you know.

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